PHD2 Development Snapshot Builds

This page contains the latest development builds of PHD2. These builds contain the latest bug fixes and enhancements to PHD2. Although these builds may not be as well tested as the general releases available on the main Downloads page, they have been tested by the developers and are generally stable for imaging use. We would welcome your help testing them out, and if you do encounter any issues, please let us know.

The changes in each snapshot build are summarized below; you can see the detailed changes in the project’s Git commit log

The online version of the help file for the latest snapshot build is here.

v2.6.5dev6

25 October 2018

New Meridian flip calibration tool

New: ToupTek camera support for Windows; using ToupTek SDK version 30.13059.2018.1003

Guiding Assistant: improved min-move recommendations

Guide camera pixel scale is now shown in the new profile wizard and the stats window

Added a button to reset camera gain to camera's default value

Altair cameras: update to SDK version 30.13010.2018.0926

Altair cameras: new option to use older SDK for 2015/2016 era cameras

Altair cameras: prevent connecting to the wrong camera when reconnecting after a disconnect

Lowpass2: insure guide pulse never goes in the wrong direction; more debug logging